Profession textile process controller

Textile process controllers perform textile process operations, technical functions in various aspects of design, production and quality control of textile products, and cost control for processes. They use computer aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) tools in order to ensure conformity of entire production process to specifications. They compare and exchange individual processes with other departments (e.g cost calculation office) and initiate appropriate actions. They analyse the structure and properties of raw materials used in textiles and assist to prepare specifications for their production, analyse and interpret test data.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Investigative
• Investigative / Realistic
• Realistic / Conventional
• Enterprising / Realistic

Knowledge

• Textile printing technology

  Addition of colour partially, according to the designed pattern, onto textile based materials. Processes for adding coloured patterns onto textile materials using printing machines and techniques (rotary of flat bed screen printing or others, heat transfer, inkjet, etc.).

• Health and safety in the textile industry

  The requirements, rules and applications of health and safety measures in the textile industry.

• Properties of fabrics

  The influence of chemical composition and molecular arrangement of yarn and fibre properties and fabric structure on the physical properties of textile fabrics; the different fibre types, their physical and chemical characteristics and different material characteristics; the materials used in different processes and the effect on materials as they are processed. 

• Staple spinning machine technology

  Technologies, operations, monitoring and maintenance of machines during the yarn spinning process.

Skills

• Control textile process

  Plan and monitor textile production to achieve control on behalf of quality, productivity and delivery time.

• Maintain work standards

  Maintaining standards of work in order to improve and acquire new skills and work methods.

• Check quality of products in textile production line

  Check characteristics of textile products like yarns, woven, knitted, braided, tufted or nonwoven textiles, finished cloths, ready-make-garments and determine the product quality along different stages of the textiles or clothing production line.

• Test physical properties of textiles

  Evaluating the physical properties of textiles by using testing methods, normally in accordance with a standard; it includes fibre identification and trouble shooting.

• Convert textile fibres into sliver

  Convert textile fibres into drafting sliver by working in the fibre opening, carding and drafting process.

• Set-up weft knitting machines

  Prepare weft knitting machines. Activities related to preparing for weft knitting process, knitting to specification and keeping the work area clean and safe.

• Evaluate textile characteristics

  Evaluate textiles and their properties in order to manufacture products in conformity with specifications.

• Use textile finishing machine technologies

  Use textile finishing machine technologies that enable the coating or laminating of fabrics.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB